USP PRESS AWARDS
The USP Press wishes to announce the winners of its International Competition.
Close to 100 entries were submitted to this competition.
(Cash prizes are in US dollars)
USP Press Literature Prize for Overall Winner ($3,000):
Ancestors by Albert Wendt (collection of short stories)
Fiction ($1,000): Sleepless in Samoa by Lani Wendt Young (collection of short stories)
Commendable Mention ($300): Maiden Fiji by Samantha Peckham-Togiatama (novel)
Poetry ($1,000): '14 Degrees South' by John Enright ($500)
and When Things are Dirty ($500) by David Howard
Drama or Screenplay ($1,000): The Cycle by Andrew Porteus
Commendable Mention ($300): The Visitors by Larry Thomas
USP Press Non-Fiction Prize for Overall Winner ($3,000):
Mystery Islands: Discovering Ancient Pacific by Tom Koppel
History/Autobiography ($1,000):
My Memories of David by Ilaisaane Kakala Taumoefolau
USP Press Best Children's Book ($2,000):
Killer Waves by Sereima Lumelume
Commendable Mention: Hair Raising Cut by Emma Kruse Vaai ($300)
Welcome to Our Islands by Leslie Hayashi and Lori Philips ($300)
and Friends of Joji by Nicole Daniels ($300).
The USP Press will publish the winning titles. Congratulations to the winners
and many thanks to the panel of judges and everyone who made submissions.
Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, Chair, Editorial Board of the USP Press
2 comments:
Why the emphasis, and links, only for fiction? The non-fiction overall winner (also $3000) was Canadian Tom Koppel for Mystery Islands: Discovering the Ancient Pacific. He is profiled at www.slopenagency.com?sa/tomkoppel
Sam Togiatama said...
I totally agree!! Tom Koppel did win $3000 for overall non-fiction and there is emphasis only on the fiction. His work is just as important and I'll bet that was because of the same nonsense communication we were receiving over time with things like forgotten notices to give to winners etc. Slack postman/woman.
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